Hospital Report Card 2012

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is nationally and internationally known for its commitment to innovative quality and safety programs and for its transparency in being accountable for the results achieved by those programs.

VHA issued its first comprehensive facility-level report of quality and safety data, reporting on care provided in inpatient and outpatient settings, quality of care within specific patient populations, and patient satisfaction and outcomes in 2008.

Raw data from both reports are published on data.gov to allow Veterans and the public to track changes, improvements in care, and the results of initiatives to address issues noted in previous reports. Further information may be found at hospitalcompare.hhs.gov.

Links to 2012 Hospital Quality Report Card

The 2012 report includes quality and safety data and information related to the care provided in outpatient and inpatient settings, the staffing of each VA health care facility, the quality of inpatient and outpatient health care provided to all Veterans and to certain patient populations, the health care center accreditation status, patient satisfaction and selected patient outcomes for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011.  The data tables included with the report are referenced below.  The data tables are updated annually and reference information from FY 2011 only.

• Report Card
• Executive Summary
• Data Tables

Links to 2010 Hospital Quality Report Card

• Press Release
• Report Card
• Data.gov links:
  • Access to Care: http://www.data.gov/raw/4281
  • Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions: http://www.data.gov/raw/4283
  • Hospital Accreditation: http://www.data.gov/raw/4274
  • Hospital and Facility Services: http://www.data.gov/raw/4273
  • Infrastructure: http://www.data.gov/raw/4272
  • Medical Center Staffing: http://www.data.gov/raw/4275
  • Morbidity and Mortality: http://www.data.gov/raw/4277
  • Nosocomial Infection: http://www.data.gov/raw/4278
  • Observed minus Expected Length of Stay: http://www.data.gov/raw/4279
  • Patient Satisfaction: http://www.data.gov/raw/4282
  • Population Quality of Care: http://www.data.gov/raw/4276
  • Root Cause Analysis: http://www.data.gov/raw/4280
  • Rural vs Urban: http://www.data.gov/raw/4284

Links to 2009 Hospital Quality Report Card

• Press Release
• Report Card
• Data.gov links:
  • Hospital Settings: http://www.data.gov/details/1289
  • Infrastructure: http://www.data.gov/details/1287
  • Patient Satisfaction: http://www.data.gov/details/1290
  • Population Quality of Care: http://www.data.gov/details/1288

Links to 2008 Hospital Quality Report Card

• Press Release
• Report Card
• Data.gov link: http://www.data.gov/details/1208

Note: Some links will take you outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs Website.